Country: Portugal
Year: 2026
Duration: 203'
In a place where everyone starts over without a past, Simón takes responsibility for David, a child he met during the crossing to this new life. Moved by an inexplicable conviction, he looks for the child’s mother and recognizes Inés as the right woman. She accepts, and between the three of them an unusual affective bond is formed, where the idea of family is reinvented with every gesture. But when society imposes norms and difference is perceived as a threat, David refuses to be shaped and affirms himself as the opposite: imagination and freedom, transforming parenthood into an uncertain crossing, a search without answers.
Biography
film director
Tiago Guedes
(Portugal) is one of the leading directors in Portuguese cinema. His films have been selected for some of the world’s most prestigious festivals, including Cannes, Venice, Rotterdam, San Sebastián and Toronto. He has directed numerous projects for cinema, theatre and television, receiving several awards. His notable works include Coisa Ruim (2005), his feature film debut, co-directed with Frederico Serra, and Entre os Dedos (2008), also co-directed with Serra and selected for the Torino Film Festival. With A Herdade (2019), he competed at the Venice Film Festival. In 2021, he directed Glória, the first Portuguese Netflix original series. Restos do Vento (2022) was selected for the official selection at Cannes, and the following year he directed Diálogos Depois do Fim, based on Cesare Pavese’s Dialogues with Leucò, which premiered in Rotterdam. His theatre credits include plays by Dennis Kelly, Henrik Ibsen, Peter Handke, David Harrower and Martin McDonagh.
FILMOGRAFIA
Fruits & Songs (cm, 1998), The Gift (cm, 1998), O Ralo (cm, 1999), 11:00 AM (cm, 1999), Alta Fidelidade (film tv, 2000), Acordar (cm, 2001), Cavaleiros de Água Doce (film tv, 2001), Cão de Morte (video, 2001), O Meu Sósia e Eu (film tv, 2003), Coisa Ruim (2006), Homenzinho (cm, 2007), Entre os Dedos (2008), Noite Sangrenta (serie tv, 2010), Odisseia (serie tv, 2013), Coro dos Amantes (cm, 2014), Os Boys (serie tv, 2016), Tristeza e Alegria na Vida das Girafas (2019), A Herdade (2019), Glória (serie tv, 2021), Restos do Vento (2022), Diálogos Depois do Fim (2023), Diálogos Depois do Fim: A Série (serie tv, 2023-2024), Ruído (serie tv, 2025-2026), Aquí (2026).
Declaration
film director
“I was interested in materializing the “no-place” of Coetzee, a bureaucratized and mild world, insipid, where the individual has been abolished in lieu of a sterile peace. I filmed this state of exile as post-modern historical amnesia. Simón and Inés try to anchor David in a world without models, but it is the child who, through a Quixotic figure, claims the power of inconsistency and myth. Where the system sees rules, David sees giants. His question: ‘Why am I here?’ is not a geographical question, it is the poetic and tragic driving force of the film.”
Cast
& Credits
DIRECTOR: Tiago Guedes. STORY: From J.M. Coetzee’s “Jesus Trilogy” (The Childhood of Jesus, The School Days of Jesus, The Death of Jesus). SCREENPLAY: Tiago Guedes, Luís Araújo. CINEMATOGRAPHY: Daniela Cajías. EDITING: Jackie Bastide, Tiago Augusto. PRODUCTION DESIGN: Meral Aktan. SOUND: Jean-Paul Mugel. CAST: Manolo Solo, Patricia López Arnaiz, Álex Peláez, Hugo Encuentra, Daniel Elías, Lambert Wilson, Sergi López, Camille Decourtye, Ángela Molina, Itsaso Arana, Fernando Trueba, Albano Jerónimo. PRODUCTION: Paulo Branco for Leopardo Filmes, Alfama Films. COPRODUCTION: RTP Rádio e Televisão de Portugal, APM, Filmgalerie 451, CB Partners, Belino Production, Los Ilusos. CONTACT: Films Boutique (Rūta Švedkauskaitė) - ruta@filmsboutique.com
